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Pills Against Fluxes

Tradition:
Western

Source / Author:
Nicholas

Herb Name
Myrtle
Pomegranate
flowers
Pomegranate peel
Comfrey root
Dragons Blood
Armenian Earth
Acacia
Hypocystidis
Rose
Tartar
Sumach seed
Sa
ffron
Gallia Moschata Nicolai
Galls
Cinnamon
Spodium
Mastic
Gum Arabic
Opium

Latin
Myrtus communis
Punica granatum
Punica granatum
Symphytum o
fficinale
Daemonorops draco
Terra Armenius
Acacia spp.

Cytinus hypocistus
Rosa gallica
Potassium tartrate
Rhus parvi
flora
Crocus sativus

a compound
Quercus infectoria
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Bambusae silicae
Pistacia lentiscus
Acacia arabica
Opium

Amount

















1 dram each
1⁄2 dram

Preparation:
Hypocistis juice, Opium, Acacia and Mastic are dissolved in Myrtle juice, the rest are added in powder and formed into pills.

Function:
Astringent, clears Heat and Inflammation, promotes Healing

Use:
1. Diarrhea
2. Dysentery, including that with Blood

Dose:
1⁄2–1 dram

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:
This formula will stand without Opium. Poppy seed could be used in its place.It can also be simplified with a reduction in the number of medicines. Nevertheless, it is a good representation of the medicines classically used for Diarrhea and Dysentery.

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